Sinop - Candaro Lu, Sinop, Turkey, Kumarli, Gazi Chelebi, Pervaneo Lu (Paperback)

Chapters: Candaro lu, Sinop, Turkey, Kumarli, Gazi Chelebi, Pervaneo lu. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 22. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Flag of Candar according to the Catalan Atlas. Candarolu Beylik (sometimes referred to as Candar, Candaroullar or sfendiyaroullar in Turkish) is an Anatolian Turkish Beylik that ruled principally in the regions corresponding to present-day Kastamonu and Sinop provinces of Turkey, also covering parts of Zonguldak, Bartn, Karabuk, Samsun, Bolu, Ankara and Cankr provinces, between 1292 - 1461, in the Black Sea region of modern day Turkey. The region is also known in western Literature as Paphlagonia, a name used for the same geographic area during the Roman period. The founder of the beylik is Temur Yaman Candar (also known as Demir Yaman Candar); the beylik collapsed in 1461 when the Ottoman sultan Mehmed II, whose mother is supposedly linked to the Candarolu dynasty, annexed the region. The flag of Candar may confuse many with what is now known as the Star of David. In medieval times however, this was not solely a Jewish symbol, but also an Islamic one known as the "Seal of Solomon" and was extremely popular amongst the Turkish Beyliks of Anatolia. Another state known to use the seal on their flag was the Beylik of Karaman. Following the incorporation of the principality in the Ottoman Empire, the ruling dynasty has been offered various important functions within the Ottoman administration, which they maintained until its collapse in 1922. Aye Sultan, who was the last identified descendent of the Candarolu dynasty having benefited from the status offered by the Ottoman Empire to the dynasty, died 1981 in Ankara. The Seljuk Sultan Masud II gave Kastamonu to Temur Yaman Candar, a commander from the sultan's candar corps, in thanks for rescuin...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=854510